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She Said, Z Said: Mother-in-Law Lawsuit No Laughing Matter
Z: Did you hear the one about the comic’s mother-in-law who’s suing for making jokes about her?
She: No, I’ll bite. What’s the punch line?
Z: No, really. Comedian Sunda Croonquist is getting sued by her mother-in-law for making jokes about her.
She: That’s hysterical. Don’t tell my mother about this.
Z: She’d never sue me. First of all, I don’t make jokes about her. Second, she keeps begging me to make jokes about her.
She: She does not.
Z: Don’t you remember when I sold my first screenplay? Suddenly everything was fodder for a movie. “I went to the market today. You should write a movie about that.”
She: Now she’s going to sue you for this column.
Z: “I had a bagel for breakfast. Do you think Meryl Streep should star in that?”
She: She did not say that.
Z: I wonder if this lawsuit is going to set off a deluge of new mother-in-law jokes?
She: Oh, no.
Z: Straining family relations across America, and annoying retired Catskills comedians.
She: I read that Sunda’s sister-in-law is suing her, too. Thank God we never write about those in-laws.
Z: They’d sue us in a heartbeat.
She: Except they know we have no assets.
Z: They’d be looking for indentured servants.
She: Nah. They’ve seen how we clean. We’re safe. That makes me think we should probably start making fun of them after all.
Z: Historically, I’m guessing there are quite a few people who wouldn’t have minded suing their in-laws.
She: Or their own kids. I’m sure it crossed Joan Crawford’s mind.
Z: What about Oedipus Rex’s parents? They can’t have been happy having that story come out. Good material, though.
She: Do you think Mary and Joseph started to get annoyed when Jesus kept telling everyone who his real dad was?
Z: I don’t think he was doing stand-up.
She: What about your mother? Do you think she’ll ever sue us?
Z: I’m pretty sure this is the first time we’ve ever written about my mother.
She: That’s true. She makes me so mad sometimes how she refuses to meddle in our lives. She’s useless as a source of material.
Z: It’s true.
She: She gives me absolutely nothing to complain about. If it weren’t for my family we’d have no material whatsoever.
Z: What about our friends?
She: OK, them, too. I know some of them would love to sue us.
Z: That would require them actually reading our columns and realizing that we write about them.
She: True. And they’d have to recognize our nicknames for them to realize we were talking about them.
Z: We’re pretty safe.
She: I’ll tell you who is probably going to sue us some day — Koss.
Z: I knew it was a mistake to teach that boy how to read.
She: Although, we never say anything mean about him.
Z: I think that’s just because he hasn’t started junior high school yet.
She: That’s when we’ll really have to be careful.
Z: He could always change his name.
She: Nah, he’d never sue us. By the time he realizes he could, he’ll be making much worse jokes about us.
Z: If he does, I’m definitely canceling his allowance.
She: Yes, dear.
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» on 08.31.09 @ 09:25 AM
Oh dear! consider yourself lucky your mom has such a good sense of humor. I guess that’s where you get it from!
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» on 08.31.09 @ 12:43 PM
If you were my son I’d sue you!
And if I were your son ... don’t get me started.
In all seriousness, you guys crack me up, but I feel sorry for your families. No mercy, that’s for sure.
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» on 09.01.09 @ 07:41 AM
What is this world coming to with all these lawsuits. Thanks for keeping it in perspective.
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» on 09.01.09 @ 01:45 PM
In my book your family is fair game for material, unless they cry about it (or sue you!). Funny column. Hope your MIL thought so.
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» on 09.02.09 @ 08:58 AM
What’s the old saying, “if you can’t take the heat…get out of the kitchen.” Sunda’s mother in law needs to lighten up (or she’ll make jokes about the lawsuit too). Funny column though.—al
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» on 09.02.09 @ 11:27 AM
Oh you guys make me laugh. I can always count on you for something fresh and funny. Thanks.
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» on 09.05.09 @ 02:23 PM
This Sunda woman is laughing all the way to the bank. No one had heard of her and now she’s all over the place. Who knows? Maybe the mother in law is in it?
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» on 09.14.09 @ 05:10 PM
See you in court “friends”
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